A Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C A D E F D G G H D H I J K L A M N O P A Q Q R Q S H Q H Q T U A V W X Y Z A2 B2 C2 X X Q| I am part of a being that has socially fought to be | A |
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| Recognised as a person and | B |
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| To be respected by my counterparts | C |
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| The definition of woman is ironically not defined by me | A |
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| As I am a woman I still do not obtain the power to define myself | D |
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| Did my foremothers not fight for those basic rights | E |
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| As a woman I cannot stand alone | F |
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| As a woman of colour I will forever have to prove myself | D |
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| As a woman I will never be strong enough | G |
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| As a woman I will never be enough | G |
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| Enough to them | H |
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| I am a being that has been created to be myself | D |
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| I was not created to please them | H |
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| Yet they put me on trial | I |
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| They put me inside a cage | J |
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| Bind me in chains and tailor on it | K |
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| Do not touch | L |
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| I am not to be touched because they have decided that for me | A |
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| They hold the key to the cage I am within | M |
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| Guarded by their judgments | N |
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| They are the beholders of the truth | O |
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| They are fierier to me and my kind | P |
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| I dare not object to their rulings of me | A |
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| They are the creators of cities | Q |
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| And the cause of their destructions | Q |
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| They are at the top of the food chain | R |
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| As they prey on us | Q |
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| Me my people and I | S |
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| Live not to defy them | H |
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| But there is only power and anarchy in their eyes | Q |
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| No peace or compassion is found within them | H |
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| They lurk on us like wolves | Q |
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| Drooling on our every move | T |
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| Waiting to tear us limb from limb | U |
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| To enjoy the pleasures of stripping us from our integrity and dignity | A |
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| To see us bare | V |
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| Vulnerable and impure | W |
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| Offer a trade to be with them forever | X |
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| But this is only bartering | Y |
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| A simple business deal | Z |
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| Where we get nothing in return | A2 |
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| We trade ourselves to them and they return their concept of comfort | B2 |
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| Not that we have a choice to trade or not | C2 |
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| Our voices are softer | X |
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| Our bodies are even weaker | X |
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| How dare we bear the thought to go against our masters | Q |
Jamie Kamfer
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